Passage Two

Commercial paper may either be dealer placed or directly placed. If it is dealer placed, the (61) sells its promissory notes to one of the ten-regular commercial paper dealers, which, in turn, sells it to others. If commercial paper is directly placed, the issuing corporation sells its notes directly in the market, without the intermediation of the (62) . This is the method used primarily by sales-finance companies because they (63) in the market on a virtually continuous basis. Sales-finance companies are companies that supply the credit for the installment purchase of major (64) items, for example, automobiles, refrigerators, and television sets. These companies find the commercial paper (65) particularly well suited to their needs since it enables them to adjust to swings in demand for installment purchases.